Valero names Bowers an executive VP

Valero Energy Corp. has promoted Kimberly Bowers to the position of executive vice president and general counsel, the company announced Friday.

Bowers has been senior vice president and general counsel, a post she’s held for more than two years.

In her former job, Bowers led many of the company’s major acquisitions and supervised Valero’s commercial and environmental law departments, as well as its litigation, labor and ad valorem tax sections.

Earlier this year, she added oversight of the company’s governmental affairs and health, safety and environmental departments to her responsibilities.

Bowers, now the highest-ranking woman at Valero, joined the company in 1997 as vice president of legal service.

She is a native of Ohio and holds a bachelor’s degree from Miami University (Ohio), a master’s degree from Baylor University and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Texas School of Law.